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• Between the Usa-State Inc. and China’s Party-State: AI as a Litmus Test

  The end of the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe was hailed as the great universal consolidation of capitalism, considered the “natural” way to organize the economy and society—the end of history. The philosophy of capitalism became the only viable way of life. Beginning in 1991, Yugoslavia was subjected to violent aggression

• Fed Rate Hikes, US Treasury Market & Crisis of Empire

  This past week the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark short term interest (Federal Funds) rate a minimal quarter point, .25, from 3.75% to 4.00%. Expectations are strong for yet another .25 hike before the end of 2026. Goods and services inflation in the US has recently begun to accelerate and the conventional wisdom in the

• Gendering the World-System: Women, Class, and the Global Division of Labor

  Which World Does the Woman Question Belong To? The woman question cannot be explained within the bounds of a single nation or the gender relations of one society alone. Family structure, labor markets, wages, property, care work, migration, and the many forms of gender inequality all take shape within particular societies. But these relations do